The Sun. — London, England, 1838-05-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. "We adverted the other day to the " National Loan Fund and Life Assurance Association," and declared our intent on of again refersing to it, as one that was not (niy stable in principle, but caieulated in an eminent degree, to confer great benefits upon (very elites of society. The press of matter . upon our co l umns h as s i nce prevented us from doing pstice to it ; but we scarcely regret the delay, inasmuch as it has afforded us more time to reflect upon the principle and benefits of th e I nst i tut i on, an d that we that t e very candidly declare h can newe more we have re flected upon it, the more are we convinced of its sound ness and utility. It is a great point that parsons, from eir eats:stances of adverse fortune, or temporary difficulty, should not be deprived of all the results of their previous y, on the contrary, have an opportunity of cifeer receiving some porti on o f th em , or o f re i ns t at i ng themselves in the same position upon the occurrence of better fortune. For this calamity there is no pro ision in an.. Insurance Office hitherto propounded, ex seret that of " the National Fund." In any other office the paty insured may, from various circumstanzes, be inctipahle of continuing his annual suliseription ; and what is the c.nfseqiienc.e ? Why, that his insurance is at an end, and that he 'nest, if better times occur, I c gi n again, from the beginning, with the loss of all his money, or else enter into a higgling and unprofitable bargain, either with the institution in which he has insured his life, or with some speculator, who will give him as little as he can make up his mind to receive. Not so, however, with the " National Loan Fund Life Associetion." Two-thirds of the money actually paid in the shape of insurances can not only he obtained at any moment, and for any purpose, upon deposit of' the policy, but the policy of the party, upon the repayment, will be as good as upon the first day of insurance ! This, however, is not the only matter wor thy of record. The Association provides but for the be nefit and advantage of the middle classes of society, and also for that of the poorer classes, whose interests are at present sacrificed by Benefit Societies, Savings Banks, and other institutions, in no respect calculated to serve them, as will be seen by the following extract :- 4. A person, aged 23, by the payment of Is. per week, or 2/. 12s. per annum, will secure, on attaining the age of 50, the option of an annuity of 81. 163. 3d., cash down 113/. 6a., or a policy on his life for 17S/. Is. " By one-half - the payment, that is 61. per week, or 11. 6s. per a nnum, he will secure the option of half the benefits. By five times the payment, he will be entitled to the option of five times the benefits; and the same may be extended to any other proportion. (All premiums to terminate with the period.) Two-thirds of the payments may at any time be withdrawn on depceit of the policy; and should the party not survive, two-thirds of his payments will be returned to his re presentatives. " A person, aged 24, may secure, on attaining the age of 50, the option of an annuity of 101, cash down 1281. I Is., or a policy on his life for 2021 Is. 61., by the annual payment of 31. 35., or a single payment of 491. Bs. ; or by payment of 111. Os. id., for disparity of age, he will be entitled to the same benefits by the same annual payment as for the age of 120, viz., 21. 9s. per annum. " An annuity of 50/., or five times the other benefits, may be secured by five times the payment; and, in like manner, any other annuity and corresponding benefits may be pur chased by making the payment accordingly. " A person, Aged 25, by the payment of 2/. 12s. per annum, will secure, on attaining the age of 55, the option of an an nuity of 121. 9s. 7d., cash down 1131. 65., or a policy on his life for 2001. Is. " A person aged 25 may secure, on attaining the age of 55, au annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual pay ment of 21. Is. 91, or a single payment of 34/. 10s. 3d. ; or on payment of 8/. 18s. .Id. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 11. I Is., the same as for age 20. " A person aged 25, by the payment of 21. 12s. per annum, rill secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of an au nuii7 of 201. 13s. 4d. ; cash down, 2021. Is. ; or a policy on his life for 259/. 193. " A petaton aged 26 may secure, on attaining the age'of 60, an annuity of 10/., with the other options, by the annual pay ment of 11. tis. Pd., or a single payment of 22/. 17s. 3d. ; or on payment of 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of Hs. 11d., the same as for age 20. " A person aged 23, by the payment of 2/. 12s. per annum, will secure, on - attaining the age of 65, the option of an an nuity of 40/. Bs. 2d. ; cash down, 333/. 7s. ; or a policy on his life for 3931. 15a '" A person aged 30 may secure, on attaining the age of 65, an annuity of 10/., with the other options, by the annual pay ment of 19s. 6d.. or a single payment of 161. 7s. Id. ; or on payment of 71. 3s. 11d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits, by an annual payment of 10s.. Ild., the 'lame as for age 20." Let the middle aria worUig-elaeses carefully read over, ee r t anler, canvass, and digest tliese principles ; and having done an, ash Aliell1;e1V:s whether they crn have a better rnec.its of investment, insurance, or annuitant fund. If there he a better, let thi an take advantage of it. Our opinion is that nothing so sound in principle, or so careful in practice hag been propounded. At all evente, no Savings Banks, no Benefit Societies, have hitherto proposed the same ad vantages ; and it is a matter of high honour to T. L. Murray to have the first to bring it before the public. The ,schema is splic!able to nil elitz3es of society, but to none does it offer 'so many advantages as to the careful and cr nsider - te workman. In confirmation d our opinion we quote the following article f;oin The San :- The public is more deeply intisrested than it is at all aware of, in the zealous efforts of die distinguished founders of the Netinnal Loan Fund and Life Assurance Society. In the success of this vast project, we can clearly perceive the seeds of a rich harvest of popular comfort-the germs of a social and moral regeneration, the influence of which will in time pervade the humblest hovel in the land. We believe it is now some months since we, directed public attention to the prospectus, published by the ab'e Chairman and original founder of the institution, Mr. T. Laurie Murray, when iv* stated that the whole scheme was by no means perfected, although it offered to persons of limited income inducements to, the forming of providential habits never before held out to them. We have now the outline of the complete plan before us, and never was there a project submitted to us so well calculated to benefit the humbler classes of soclet7. The principal inducements which it offers to prudential and economical habits among the working classes are the following - i---A person insuring his life for any sum, no matter how s erial!, say from twenty years of age, may at the age of fifty, fifty-:ise or sixty, exchange it fora - fixed annuity, to be paid to him durieg his life ; or he may accept in lieu thereof a fixed sum of money proportioned to the amount of his past payments, and not to the aeSual market price of his policy; or he may at any time, by deposit;ng his policy with the Society, borrow upon it two-thirds of all the money he may have paid into the Society, without detriment to his interest in such pu liey ; or in the event of his death, two-thirds of all the money he may have paid into the Society. is made returnable te his friends or executors for the benefit of his family or legal heirs. To suit the convenience and to meet the neeeesities of the humblest classes, tho payments upon policies may be made weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annually ; and that the poorest may not be without a hope of bettering their cone paymenta upon policies, not exceeding 6d. wcek:y, afn contemplated. Now there are few labouring men who might not pay into such an institution from a shilling to half-a crown weekly. This saving would amount to an independence in old age!. A labourer, aged twenty-three, by the payment of a shilling a week out of his earnings, would, on reaching the age of .fii'ty, find himself in possession of an annuity of 81. 16s. 3d. fn. the remainder of his life, which it would be optional fi=r him to exchanges for 113/ money. This turn would pee the relit of his cottage, and enable him Le pass t he re st of his days with a c omparative degree of comfort. A weekly payment of sixpence would produce half the bene fit ; a payment of two shillings would double it-and so on in proportion. Lei. it he remembered that the inifantages held out by this Institution b. longs a; a matter of absolute right to the assured, aiet its immense superiority to Savings Bank; arid Benefit Societies, as err etigiuc for the moral improvement of the people. will be at once preceptitiliz. This Society lays no claim to the merits of a charitable Institution, carried on under the management of a Committee of self.sacrificing phi lantb"opists. It does not affect to be guided by any prineipies but those of trade, and its relations with the public will be pt,rHy c.;f ac, mnrrei:d character. It will not, like the Sav ing penks,.refuse the poor man's earnings, blcause they may have aecumulatA to something more than would pay a rich man's glover's bill for a year; neither will it, like the Trus tees of a Benefit Club, institute any inquiry, should the as sured rsquire a loan to the amount of t,vo-thirds of his pay snent.-Blorning Advertiser. The House of Commons did no work last night. There wen:' not present Members enough to " mike a House." Y e t nt ,:k a week has elapsed, since Ministers required, that another o. c the " open" nights of the House rhould be con ceded to 616n —their plea being, the immense amount of leg:station with which they mean to ble,,s the country. Why, then, said the;; fail to turn last night to account in the exposi•ion of some of their wonder working measures? The necessity for retaxaton will scarcely be pleaded by ofticials, fresh from the enjoyment of the Easter holydays. every direction, may be dis-tovered proofs, that the ut most vigil,:nee and energy en the part of Government will scarcely suffive to disentangle, without deep .discredit, f oe c otnplcl . : relations of our foreign and domestic policy. Y . : .t the present imbeciles do nothing, And it is welt, per h a p,,, that such is the ease—for never have they ttempted rithout inflicting o n th e coun try, a a acareely-calt,'” tr lable aouri! of injury. B u t, a lth oug h the feebleness and ignorance anu ' l4 ;r:ess of the Whigs (egar , r) their in are admirable reasons why we shouicr activity, as in . some sort , a blessng—sti.! Om very qualities which render the sluggishness of the prc.7" l "-' (uncials, by comp.rrison, advantageous, render their expul sion from otEee, a consummation most devoutly to be de sired ! Look to the east of Europe—look to Spain—look to Canada —look to Ireland—look to the new position which Russia is contriving to assume, relatively to our In dian possessions to the condition of the productiire classes at home—our foreign trade declining—our home trade weighed down by vicious legislation :—in that vast catalogue of subjects, all demanding the superintendence of legislative wisdom, may surely be I loniv_ reasons why the House of Commons (if it. desires to' be considered of the slightest value), should not throw away any of the few nights, which vet remain during the present session, for the consideration of public business ! If, hove ever, at a period like the present—ripe as it is with the elemeuts of change in nearly all our domestic and forei4n relations—the Whig i!linistry can afford to " leave things to take their course," it should seem to follow that the Whig Ministry itself may be dispensed with, as easily as it contrives to dispense with even the affectation of ordinary diligence in the discharge of its duties !—Morribig Herald. THE CHURCH. Our esteemed correspondent, " A Churchman." has ad dressed another letter to Mr. Thomas Buncombe on the tick lish subject of the motives by which so many distinguished dignitaries of the Church could have been induced to consent to 1. , spoliation. It is quite clear 'hit the interest of the Church, apart from that of incumbents, was not consulted in the various acts by which so many large estates were transferred for ever from the establishment to individuals. But without we can obtain access to the records, as indicated by our correspondent, we can only guess at the motives of the reverend guardians in these questionable transactions. Perhaps, however, we may be assisted in our guesses by a fact stated yesterday by the Examiner, that— " It appears by probate at Doctor's Commons, that since 1818 the personal property of twenty-four English Bishops who have died within the last twenty years amounts to the enormous sum of one million six hundred and forty-nihe thousand pounds, or an average of nearly seventy thousand pounds for each Bishop. This, however, is merely the per sonal property as sworn to (and sworn to, in all probability, rather under than over the mark), and the value of the real property remains to be conjectured, and also the amount of dowers to daughters, and gifts during the lifetime of the holy men to sons, nephews, &c. The value of the real property which does not a?pear may safely be inferred to exceed by far that of the personal, for the Bishops would naturally rather avoid the public display of their vast accumulations in the shape of personal property coming under public view in the probates at Doctors' Commons. But in many cases we are not left to conjecture, for it is known that the real property was very considerable of Barrington, Cornwallis, Sparkes, and Tomline—the last very great." The Bishops, however, are only one class of the Church robbers. If we could have a similar account from Doctors' Commons of the personal property of the other dignitaries who have lent themselves to the sacrilegious alienations we might be still better able to understand this very ticklish question. In the early periods of Christianity it was understood that a Bishop ought not to lay up to his own use any of the pro perty of the Church which passed through his hands ; and though the practice of Bishops, during the last century at least, has not been exactly in accordance with the notions of primitive Christianity, yet the period is not remote since they shrunk from the open justification of possessing great wealth. Dr. King, in his Memoirs, names several Bishops, and among others Sherlock, of London, as bringing disgrace on their order, by " being shamefully rich ; and Law, Bishop of Elphin, the brother of the late Lord Ellen borough, is reported at a dinner of the Episcopal Bench to have alluded, in the presence of Bishop Porter, to a calumny in circulation against him, that he was worth a couple of hun dred thousand pounds, and expressed ironically a disbelief of it as no Christian Bishop could possibly defile himself with the accumulation of such a treasure. But Dr. Law's reprobation was limited to accumulations from legitimate sources. He could not even contemplate the possibility of such instances of episcopal sacrilege as those detailed by our correspondent. When Dr. Chalmers next enlarges on the immense advan tages of an establishment, as supplying the ducts by which the gospel is conveyed to the remotest villages throughout the csuntry, it would not be amiss if lie were to inquire how how in England the idea of religion has come to be so fre quently dissociated from that of an establishment. Perhaps he will find that this has been in no small degree owing to the ducts conveying the property so frequently to the pockets of men clothed in purple and fine linen, who fare sumptuously every day, while the Pagans of Wales and other remote dis tricts derived no benefit from the property. In Ireland the clergy of the Established Church have (with the excep tion of Bishop Bedel and a few others) not even attempted the conversion of the natives. In Wales the people were equally neglected by the establishment, and we owe it entirely to the efforts of the Dissenters (principally the Baptists, we believe) that Christianity in any shape found its way to the heetts of the people. Dr. Chalmers will find that it is be cause the object for which the sacred property was provided has been lost sight of, that the idea he combats has gained ground. No one disapproves of the object for which property has been confided to the establishment; but the misapplication of the funds has led many to doubt whether the object in question can be best attained by means of an establishment. Be this as it may, our correspondent, " A Churchman," has rendered a most important service to religion by pointing out, as he has done, the iniquitous eollusidns between the heads of the Church and the aristocracy of the country, by which the means of communicating religious instruction to the • people have been so signally impaired. He has show that the most dangerous enemies of religion are within the bosom of the Church itself.—illorning Chronicle. TO T. S. DUNCOMBE, ESQ., NI. P., &c. &c. &c. Sits—l find there is much hesitation, on the part of many of what may be called the timid members of our establish ment, and whose doubts arc encouraged and promoted by in terested and designing parties, to give credit to what are de signated calumnies on the Church in the petition of your con stituents, on the ground, as it is emphatically demanded, of what motive could actuate the members so to desecr.:to the pro perty which they were bound by every tie, human and divine, to cherish and protect. It may, therefore, not be unprofitable at this moment to point at the reasons that may by possibility have moved the reverend guardians of the estates mentioned to assist in the alienation of the immense amount therein re ferred to. I. Tottenhall.—Dr. Richard Brown, the prebend, had granted a lease of this estate for three lives, and received " a very large fine" for the lease, ache rent of 461. per annum, which amount was all that he could then hope to receive from the estate during the remainder of his life. The lessee was the brother of the Prime Minister. The Bishop of Lon don was made by the Minister, and the Prebend by the Bisieev; and 300/. per annum was certainly an equivalent to Dr. Brown for his expectations. But what could actuate the Bishop and tha Dean and Chapter to consent to, and con nive at, this sacrilege, can only bo explained by the South ampton records. 2. Finsbury.—Dr. Richard Wilson, on his appointment to this prebend, found the estate leased to the Corporation of London, at tlee rent of 391. 13s. 4d. per annum, and which lease had then fourtszte years to run, till the end of which period Dr. Wilson could' reap do further emolument; and, at the end, the Corporation of London lost the whole of their interest. The motives that actuated these parties to cancel the existing lease and petition for an Act of Parliament, whereby they divided five-sixths of this estate between them, leaving only one sixth to the church, can easily be compre hended; font how a Bishop could be prevailed upon to censent to, or a Dean arel Chapter to connive at, such a robbery, the records of the City Chamber only can explain. 3. hake-Newington.—'file Rev. Thomas Briggs, then prebend, had, in the year 181`?, granted a lease of this estate for three lives, at the yearly rent of 281.: the fine received for this is not. mentioned. to the year 1814 he obtained the As:: of the tilth of Ge -rge 111., chap. 128, which authorised Ore saerlee of two-thirds of the estate for ever, to retoke'immediale possession of the remaining third, the value of which third was 23,6:.' 0 1 4. Cantrows. or Kentishtovv - n.—Dr, Hamilton, the prebend in 1780, had leased this estate for tbree Nes, at the yearly rent of 4.3101 In 1805 he obtained the Act of the 45th of George 111., chap. 110, to which I would call the attention of the Church, the State, and the public. it is really an Act for the good of the Church and the successors, and is the only one I have met with is my researches through the reco:ds of Parliament ; and there was nothing further required for the improvement of the estate. The Reverend 'Themes Randolph appears to have succeeded to this prebend in 1812, at vs hich time the three lives of the lease of 1780 were in existence, and the receipts from the estate conscqu"ntly only 431. lOs per annum.. Prebendary Rendolph the 15th of April, 1813, obtained the Act of 511 George 111.. chap. 49, which enabled him, by sacrificing two-thirds of this estate fiur ever, to take immediate possession of the remaining third, li:e value of which was about 1,0001 per annum. Now, we tan guess at the motive foe th:s, and as the reverend gentleman is still in possession of this third, be will be able to explain to the Committee of Inq&ry the advantage that has acerued to the Church and his successors by the desecration of the other two thirde. 5. Mors.—Dr. W. 1 - I,!rringham. then prebend, on the 3d of May, 1816, granted a lease of this estate for forty yowl, at the yearly rent of 101., receiving as a fine 9.6451. 93. On the 7th of July, 1817, he obtained the Act of 57 Geo. 111., chap. 33, which enabled him by the sacrifice of eighteen twenty fifths of this - estate for ever to take immediate possession of the remaining seven, the value of which was about 8001. per annum. Here again the motive is apparent. 6. Ilrownswood.—Preb.2ndary George Seeker, on the 61h of March, 1821, granted a lease: of this estate for twenty.one years, at the yearly rent of 11)/ , ree , •ising a very large fine. Four months after, viz., on the 10th of July, I g2l, he obtained the Act of 1 and 2 Geo. IV., cap. 44, whereby he sacrificed for ever fourteen twenty-fifths of this estate that he might re. take immediate possession of the remaining eleven, valued at about 6001. per annum. Can the motive be doubt.:;; 7. Wenlodes Barn.—Prebendary Het - bert Oakcley, on the Ist of August, 1325, granted a h ase of this estate for twenty one years, at the yearly rent of 211 Gs. Bd. ; the fine re ceived is not m , ntiened. Ten months after, viz ,on the 26tli of May, 1826, lie obtained tin: Act of the 7th of Gco. IV., ynap. 3S, which ;.uthorised him to receive ?raw the funds be. longing to the estate then in Chancery the sum of t 9,400/., to re-purchase the lease, and to xlispose of the whole of the estate for ninety-nine years. It appears that shat now remains of I.l!is vtate valued at 7751 per annum ; but as pi;e Reverend Prehent.L7 . 7 is still in possession, he will be able to explain to ( :%e, a rn°m t n i 7t he adn e (3'l v n a lu t!,: -Y ' - )(41)12i R.motives for petitioning for that will ,f-erve therefrom to the Church arzl hie success ors . 8. Paddington.—Dr. Beilby Porteus 1316 % ° I . London 41 1792, and found th is estate under a l ease :O. r " lives, at the yearly Tint of 431. fis. 81 In the same year he obtained the Act of 35 Ceo. 111., cap. 83, which enabled him, by the sacrifice of two-thirds of this estate for ever, to take immediate possession of the other third. 3. Shadwell,—The Dean of St. Paul's, Dr. G eorge T om _ line, Bishop of Lincoln, on the 7th of A pi il, 1812, leased this estate for forty years, The fine received itt not mentioned. On the 22d of July, hi the same year, he obtained the Act of 52 Geo. 111., cap. 205, whereby he alienated sir-sevenths of this estate from the Church for ever ; and by tho I Geo. IV., cap. 41, the reservation of the remaining seventh is repealed. The motives of these Right Reverends cannot be doubted. I Thus do we find among the highest and those esteemed the • most holy, the same reckless desecrntion of this sacred pro perty for ever, by the trustees in possession, for transient, selfish motives, alike outrages to religion, morality, honour, and honesty; and the like procoedings, so far as regards the interests of the Church and religion, characterise the greater . part of the dealings in all Church property. It is a race in which the reverend dignitaries make good the adage—`• The devil take the hindmost " Woe to the Church that perseveres in such a system; and to the State that permits it ! The interests of tie Church, the lessees, the State, and the public are all equally concerned in a full and searching investi— g..-Ition into these aliases ; the opposers of such an inquiry are the friends of neither, and wherever they appear let them be noted as sudh. - This will lead to a proper understanding of the case in all its bearings, and a plan may without difficulty be arranged that will equally embrace the true interests, and satisfy the expectations of all parties.—l am, Sir, &c. A CHURCHMAN. SEC O N SC N OFFICE, Seven o' Cock ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HULL: The Committee mct at eleven o'clock, but strangers were not zd. mitted till af,er twelve, when The CIILIRNIAN said the Committee had decided the vote of Charles Lesty was a had vote, a:A must be struck off: The votes of William Wilkinson and John Allen were also struck off'. The petitioners now having placed themselves in a majority, Mr. Theisiger, on the putt of the sitting Members, proposed to strike off' the vote of William Barker, who had voted as a freeman, on the ground that he had received parochial relief within the last twelve months. Mr. AUSTIN objected to this, and contended theta had been no proper 1;:t furnished by the agent for the sitting Members, there having Men an error in the heading of the List. • Mr. TIIESSIGER was addressing the Committee in answer to this (b. jectlon, when it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. Mr. BERN 1L and others, from the Commons, brought up a copy of the Report of the Select Committee on the Small Tenements BiU ; also several private Bills, which were severally read a first time. The Duke of CLEVELAND presented a petition from Gateshead, praying for the abolition of the present system of Negro apprenticeship. The Marquis of SLIGO presented a petition from the High Sheriff' and Grand Jury of Mayo, against the Irish Poor-law Bill, in the prayer f which he concurred. He was willing to give to the poor out of his superabundance, but he did not like the system of giving relief to the able.bodied. Also petitions for the immediate abolition of Negro apprenticeship, from Shepton, Whitehaven, Belfast, and many other places —many of them were signed by women. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the Roman Ca tholic Bishop and other inhabitants of Waterford, praying that in the Irish Poor Law Bill the word important be substituted for destitute. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from an indi vidual, complaining that the bodies of paupers who had been dissected were not decently buried, but were thrown together promiscu. ously. The petitioners had found eut a method for promoting the rapid decomposition of bodies. He would move that it be laid on the table, and then he would follow that up by moving that it be referred to the Pcor-law Committee. • Earl RADNOR could not see what connection the petition had with the Poor-law Bill. It could only have been presented for the purpose of casting obloquy upon that Bill. The Bishop of EXETER was aware that it had not anything to do with the Poor-law Bill, but as the Committee was sitting for the pur poses of enquiry, it would be better that enquiry should be made, and if the allegations were not true, the petitioner ought to meet with merited punishment. The Duke of RICHMOND had read over the petition, and he did not find one word respecting union workhouses in it. The Bishop of EXETER—I can set the Noble— The Duke of RICHMOND—One at a time, if the Rev. Prelate pleases—it is more retilar in this House. It mentions the parish work house, but not union workhouses. He thought it would be better that the Rev. Piela'e should move that the petition be referred to a Select Committee, to he appointed for the purpose of specially inquiring into the facts of the petition. The Bishop of EXETER would certainly press his motion. Lord MELBOURNE conceived that the Rev. Prelate ought to make inquiry, and make out a case, before the House referred the petition to a Committee, which he had not yet done. The Rev. Prelate anxiously wished it to be understood that he was not in any way answerable for the allegations in the petition, and it was not usual for either House of Parliament to grant Committees upon such loose allegations made by an unknown party. The Earl of RADNOR and Lord WHARNCLIFFE deprecated th• sent;ing of the petition to the Poor Law Committee—it was rather an attack upon the Anatomy Bill of a former Session, and had nothing at al! to do with the operation of the Poor Law Bill. The Bishoo of Exeter said, as his motion met with so much opposi tion, he would w:thdraw it. CHURCH COMMIS-4.0N. The Bishop of EXETER wished to ask the Noble Viscount at the he,d of her Majoßty's Government whether it was the intention of Mi n'cers to proceed with the Riffs for carrying into effect the rec ,namen dat ort of the Church Commissioners this Session ? Viscount MELIV)UItNF. replied in the affirmative. The rlurali t ei Bill and the Bill for the regulation of Church leases under Deane and Chapters would be introduced as speedily as the other business would permit. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 3, Ig3S. Mr. WARBURTON thought 014 the present was the proper stage for passing the resolution proposed. .Ater some observations from Sir . E. SIJGDEN and the ATTORNEY GENItItAL, which were inaudible in the Gallery, Mr. I'. Tflo NISON proposed that the debate upon the clause should be aijourued to Monday, which was agreed to. MALTA COMMISSION. Earl RIPON then moved for a return of the expenses incurred by the 3'a to Commission. He contended that it was useless and unneces. wiry. He did not mean to deny that there were no matters respecting that Island which demanded the attention of the Government, but he denied that there a ere any of such a magnitude as to justify the Govern ment in ruhning away from its own reii onsibility, and putting it on the shdulders of others, to enquire and recommend what reme dies should be applied. The &cretary of State had no difficulty n geAing any information he might want--all he had to do was to send out a despatch to the Governor, and he would at once have got more in. f r nation than any that could be c b:ainel by gentlemen sent out with- Lut any previous knowledge of t; e Island. The first Report ran through fifteen pages; and wou!.d they believe it was entirely taken up with that new and very important subje, the Liberty of the Pr. ss? Now could his Noble Friend really want any information on such a sul j Tt—'mt if he did, could - not ether: the Governor or the Gentleman who filled the office analogous to our Attorney-General —they would have given it hint in a moment, and without putting the country to a.iy expense. So it was with every other b: anch of the enquiry as embodied in the'Report—it was totally useless. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Gallery was not open till half-past four o'clock, in consequence of there being:hillots for the Bedford and Waterford Election Com mittees. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE RAILWAY BILL On the motion of Mr. P. HOWARD, the Newc istle-upon-TYlle Railway Bill was read a third time, at:d passed. Mr. DENNISTOUN presented three petitions from different societies in Glasgow against the Glasgow Waterworks Bill. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from persons residing on the Bedford estate against the St. Pancrai Paving Act. Mr. CHALMERS presented three petitions in favour of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway Bill. BEDFORD ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr CHALMERS appeared at the bar with the reduced list for the Bedford Election Committee, consisting of the following Members : Mr Whitmore, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Blennethassett, Mr. Ponsonby, M , ". C. Fox Strangw Il ays, Mr. eathco!e, Mr. C. Villiers, Mt. Speirs, Lord Eb r i ng t on an d M r. G eorge R Phillips. Mr. Evans, EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. On the Adksurned De:atell;On the further consideration of the Re. port on thi s Bill , The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had to propose a clause, which he thought would obviate all difticulties,—enacting that the Company should nut be allowed to exercis: any of the powers under this Bill, until the sum of 80,0001., being 10 per c2nt. on the capital, shall have heed paid up and deposited, from the amount paid up actually by the sub scribers. The clause was brought up, and read a first time. Mr. PRA ED said that the Clause ought to be postponed to give an opportunity of well considering it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that on Tuesday he was per. fectly r..:l!ing that it should he postponed, but he thought it was under stood that it should lyo discussed to day. It was provided in the Act that it Idiould not come into operation, until the whole of the 60,0001. was paid up by the shareholders. Lord GRANV-lI,LE SOMERSET was understood to say, that:the Postponement of the clause would not impede the progress of the Bill, 41)(1 would be more satisfactory to those who were unfavourable to the incAsUre. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN thought the clause as it stood was very ambiguous, and ought 1., be well cons:de. ed before it was adopted. The mode in which the money had been advanced did not by any means mect the intention of the Legislature. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL sLid, that as tho clause was now drawn, SO,OOO/ must ba paid by the sharelmldets. The clause was then ordered to be printed. WATERFORD ELECTION coMMITTEE. Sir Edward Kerrison, Mr. Mr, CHALMERS brought up the reduced list of the Members elected to serve on this Committee. The following Were t h e names : Mr. 3,_;. R y i i c v h i a a r n d , IN. l‘ f l r i . le % s v , r, s L lr. Thomas Williams, because Orders Willshere, Major M`Narnam, Mr. A. E. Low ther, Xli, Riehard Elakemore, Mr. W. N. Parker, Mr. Compton, and Mr. Maher. EDINBURtifi AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. rir. P. THOMSON then proposed three resolutions, of which he had l a i d , y not as s e b r e t e e t d i c t o h n a i t . plied with. Mr. GILLON given notice, to theole:o7atatthhaet triesoSlatatiitodnis7 which was not the fact, vi z . , that the p romo ters of the Bill had not compii44 with the s tan ding Orders. Was it the intention of the Right pay up Hon. Gentleuu.n t 9 'Ay that each subscriber should 10 per cent. on the subscription list 9 Sir E. SUDDEN said it was nut the intention of the House to pre scribe th;t each indivi..ual subscriber shou'd 1 -I ve Paid up his sub scription, because ti3prf would Ways be some defaulters, who would be punished by the regulaihrrio to which they had submitted, frequently I the forfeiture of their sharei litii, what the House intended was that the gepneral body of th e shareholders shall base lit i iig kir by their subscriptions paid pp the requiret amount.—(llear, h ear ) .'• Kr IT AED thought xhe r eioluti9.;s ought to h o postponed till the .... ' • „, le d clause which had 4geil pro! seas decidedfp_ Sir R. INGLIS coositier@d It was pa the Pr9iringe of the Stao4hiit Orders' Committee to enter into the hi-'fits 9f the Bill. Lcrd BBRINGTON, who spoke in scr low and indistifict g tone thgt 1 it was seareitio - pfliiole to catch a word, was understood to support the resolution, - 1 - - - - OP Objection of Gentlemen oppostle to the 4pt sutgcientlii It resolution E ‘ l v C a. R e entirely e e 4 c t es y, as the provided that tpe p p e ar pent. required by the Standing Orrijej# be paid up ultimately, in pet' of thp 89,000,/,, and before the Ad carne into operation, which would fully meet the intF.ntlnn yf the LeOlatpri. Mb plt4Ep said , Xtiti! if !lie Right Hen. Gentleman (the Attorney, General' ) pw's./vGici,ll, ha WOuld gpii4c the ilggse.--(Hey) ' • detei,lo ti* Tloit;'49? l ? but front the noise in Mr. Y..._ audible, We midtrsirAtl tq the House he was scarce., that if the interpretation which gentlemen o - p — ps.".. c . 4* . w6l leci to put up? the Standing Orders were acted upon in all cases, it would be veryditli cult for parties to get Bills of this nature through Parliament. Sir E. KNATC/IBIJ4L thpugt4 Lne c?psperation of the Clause ought to be postponGJ, • Oreet iptffest app• P l rs tq have been ezeited the u ltimo! eire'es of our metropolis, by the promised visit or M. iNehler, a pianist endowed, it is said, with the most extraordinary powers. The Parisian critics have gon e so far as to award him the palm of superiority over the hitherto unapproachable Thalberg. NEW POOR LAWS Sir E. ENATCIIP.ULL pres..ntea several petitions from Kent, pray in; for tine amendment of the New Poor-law Act. Lord J. RUSSELL said in the course of the Session, he would intro. clueing a Bill for the amendment of certain poi tions of the Act.—(We be:ieve this to be the purport of what hi 3 Lordship very indistinctly said.) COFFEE HOUSES. Mr. PRIME gave notice of a motion fur the introduction of a Bill for lieenbing coffee-houses CHURCH PROPERTY. The SPEAKER asked if any Gentleman had petitions to present on the subject of Church Property; if so, the House was than ready to receive thorn. Sir R. INGLIS presented several petitions from places in Yorkshire and Bedfordshire, praying against the application of any part of the Church property to any hut ecclesiastical purposes. Sir GEORGE CLERK presented similar petitions from Stamford, amidst loud cheers from the Tories. Colonel SIBTHORP presented similar petitions from the Isle of Ely, and other places. Mr. Kelly, Lord Sandon, Mr. Goulburn, Lord Ashley, and several others, presented similar petitions, hut we rould not catch the names of the places, on account of the noise in the House. Sir F. TRENCH presented a petition signed by 2,000 British Manufacturers, praying for the adoption of some measure to protect their trade. YEOMANRY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said betbre he proceeded with the busi. ness appointed for that evening, he wished to make a f...w observa. tions upon another subject He found that, in consequence of the debate that had taken place with regard to the Yeomanry, an impression had gone ahroad tl:at it was the int en ti on o f G o vernment, within some limited period, say within a year, to propose the reduction of the Yeomanry of the country. Now he could assure the House, that nothing that had come from her Majesty's Government tended at all to countenance such a proposition. His own opinion was, that it would be better to constitute a militia force on a basis more extensive than it was at present. Of course, if that militia force was consolidated by means of an Act of Parliament, it would hereafter come to be a question whether it would be better to keep up that force and the yeomanry together, but nothing that he had said tended at all to imply that it was the intention of the Government to put an end to the yeomanry altogether. Sir It. PEEL was afraid the explanation which the Noble Lord had given would not remove from the minds of many persons interested in the maintenance of the yeomanry the impression under which they laboured in consequence of the debate the other night. There might have been an apprehension that it was the intention of Government to dis. solve that force after a twelvemonth had elapsed ; but even if that apprehension was removed, there would still remain another unfortunate impression, because he thought the inference to be drawn from what the Noble Lord had stated was, that if in the case of an unforeseen disturbance, there should be an unfortunate necessity to apply for some stronger force, the yeomanry would not be that force.—(Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL.—" What I stated the other night was, that I thought one of the great uses of a Yeomanry was to pre vent disturbances taking place, from the knowledge that that Yeomanry existed in the neighbourhood. What I stated further was, that I thought in the case of a disturbance, it was far more advis. able to resort to a regular force.—(Cheers.) Of course, I do not mean to say, that if a sufficient number of regular forces do not exist In the neighbourhood, it may not be advisable to resort to the yeomanry, but I must still entertain the opinion that the calling in of the Yeomanry is far more likely to continue ill.will and dissection in different parts of the community thin the calling in of the regular force.—(Cheers ) Sir ROBERT PEEL—I beg leave to ask the Noble Lord of what use will be the impression that there is a large yeomanry force in the neighbourhood, if there is to be another impression that such force will not be called out ?—(Loud Cheers from the Conservatives.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL--Now realty what the Right Hon. Gentle man has just said, makes it necessary for me to state what 1 had hoped I had clearly stated before. Ido not think it is the most desirable force to call out if disturbance exists ; but if there Is not a sufficient force in the neighbourhood then the yeomanry must be re sorted to, although I wish another force should be in the neighbour hood.—(Loud Ministerial cheers ) CHURCH PROPERTY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in rising to propose a Select Committee to inquire into the mode of granting and renewing Leases of the landed and other property of the Bishops, Deans and Chap ters, and other ecclesiastical bodies of England and Wales, and into the probable amount of any increased value, which would be obtained by an improved management, with due consideration of the in terests of the Established Church, and the present lessees of the property said this was a subject of great importance, and one which had not been brought forward in the presint Parliament; and he had therefore at first thought it would be desirable to state generally the nature of the propositions which had been brought forward by the Go. vernment either in conjunction with or separately from the Eccle. siastical Commissioners, with regard to the Established Church of England and Wales. But upon further consideration he thought that this would be inconvenient, as tending to mix up with the sub ject under their consideration other and various questions. He thought that in bringing forward this subject, that which was rendered necessary, by frequent appeals which were made to the public, representing the Government as disposed to deprive the Church of that which legitimately belonged to it. There was no proposition which had ever emanated from the Government, which would deprive the Church, which had hitherto enjoyed, of that income which belonged either to hierarchy or to the lowest Curate of the Establishment. He would now proceed to state shortly the anibunt of the revenues of the Church, as stated in the returns of the Ecclesiastical Commission appointed before the Government of Lord Grey came into office. By those returns it appeared that the gross annual revenue of the Archeriiscopal and Episcopal Sees was 181,6311; that the gross an nual revenue of the Cathedral and Collegiate Churches was 284,2411, and the gross annual sepatiate revenues of the members of the Cathedral and Collegiate Churches was 75,8541., and that the gross annual revenues of the benefices was 3,197,225/ , making altoge ther the gross annual sum of 3,728,9511—(i-fear, hear.) Very nearly the whole of those revenues were appropriated to those purposes —to the repair of the cathedrals, and to pay other expenses properly belong ing to the Church. The net revenues of the Archbishops and Bishops a counted to 160,292/., giving ass average income to each of 2,956/. The annual revenue of the cathedrals and abbeys were 206,287. giving tbr the support of each of the members on an average of 664/. (as we understood). The net annual revenue of the benefices was 340,7241. Now, neither by the Act respecting the commutation of tithes, nor by the Act providing for the dis; osal of the episcopal rove. nues, nor by the Act which they introduced last year respecting Bishops leases, had they (the Government) proposed that this gross income of the Church should be in way diminished.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Taking the increase which had taken place in many of the rent charges. owing to the Tithe Commutation Act, and taking also into account the fees which had been taken in places where small incomes had been returned to the Commissioners, he thought that the gross annual revenues of the Church • might be stated at about 4,000,0001., or the nett annual revenues at not less than 3,500,0001 That was the property which the Commissioners proposed to distribute, still maintaining the Church in the possession of it. Whether it is fit or right that the Archbishop of Canterbury acid the Archbishop of Darham should have 20,0001 a year each, or that those incomes should be diminished as the Commissioners recommended, hr whether the Chapters shoted be reduced from the present num. ber of twelve, down to four Members, as the Government had proposed. This at least could not be doubted or disputed, that however the revenues of the Church were to he distributed, that income, according to all the propositions which the present Government had ever brought forward, was continued to the Church, to be still the property of the Church. for all the purposes of religious instruction, for which it was originally confided to the clergy.—(Hear.) He must say, that he should have thought, such being the case, some of the vitro. peration that had born lavished on Ministers might have beer spared, and those who • attended political divines might have stated what really was the fact, instead of stating the direct contrary.— (Cheers.) Supposing it was said there should be no reform in the Church: amid ecclesiastical matters, the sum arising front Church Leases might be made productive of great benefit to the Ceurch. It was said if the property of the Church was directed by Act of Parliament into other channels, it might be appropriated to carry on the war in Canada, or any other secular purpose. (LEFT 11PgAKIN1i.) - EARL ST. VINCENT'S LOVE OF ENERGY.—He was fretful if Ile saw anything done in a careless or slovenly manner, whether at his table, or on service; and if he could not reclaim a young man in these particulars, he gave him up. He could not endure to hear of the word " trouble;" there ought, he said, to be ni) such word in the naval dictionary. When any one said they could not do a thing they were desired to do, he used to tell them to "rub out' can't' and put in " He would forgive 'an officer for springing a topmast in carry ing sail; but never overlooked splitting a topsail in handing or reefing it, because he said such accidents were the effect either of ignorance or carelessness.—Brenton's Life of St. Vincent. PITT'S CONDUCT AT LORD K !APPEL'S TRIAL.- Mobs collected, riots ensued, the windows of unpopular persons were broken. A lady of rank assured me that she actually saw Mr. Pitt hims,lf break her windows. I doubted the fact, and am still sceptical ; but the assertion itself seems to show the violence of party.feeling at the tiMe. —Brenton's Life of St. Vincent. - - In the Pilot of Monday is published a lengthy letter to Mr. O'Connell, from his quondam friend and eternal corre spondent at Crawfordsburn. Mr. Crawford feels, he says, that he is a martyr to the cause of the opposition on which he embarked, and he is accordingly content to offer himself up a sacrifice for preaching those political dogmas which he profeises to believe aro consonant to truth. " I know the hopelessness of the attempt, but still I think it my duty to persevere. lam awato that no man, be his services what they may, and hie principles or objects however praiseworthy, can at present ex pect to obtain the public approval of any portion of the Catholic body, if he ventures to impugn your conduct or policy. Those who may agree with ore, of which I know there are many, have not the political courage to stem your over, and that which consolidates your power—the power of the press, at your back. lam content to be repudiated, in the humble hope that I am casting in a little leaven which may ferment, however slowly, but at some future time may tend to purify my country from the dross of corruption, want of principle, and undue influence, whether ecclesiastical or political, of any and every sect and party; and when this shall be the case, Ireland may then become what you say she ought to bo." The writer has taken for his tett a passage in " Mr. O'Connell's Address to the Electors of Clare, dated May '25, 1829." Mr. O'Connell is of course denounced as a political sinner—and in a tone w hi c h suggests the probability that hatred of the man has moved Mr. Crawford quite as much as regard for principle and love of truth. Two days ago, as an elderly gentleman was taking his morning walk in the Champs Elysees, with no other companion than his rich gold-headed cane, he was assailed by a group of impudent young vaga bonds, who treated him with every .species of insult. He threatened them with his stick, but as he was unable to run after them, they o nly became the m ore i mpert i nent. At length a stranger came up, and, perceiving his ernbarras,ment, rated the insolent crew, and, catching hOld or the good old gentleman's cane, sallied arter his tor merVori, whom he pursued so far that he ram and ran, and ran so far • that he went quito out of sight—and has not since been heard of: A robbffy, eireeted tneaw3 of an extraordinary saaticeus . fre, was perpetrated At Navestoek, on Wednesday niglst. el l inati inquired at the 'Unicorn, Ilare-street, for a straw carter named Perry, nocertailled he was in the house, he went directly across the way, took a hors 9 anfl NIT% trI4M Mr,,Sharpe's stabh) MI. Matthew GFegi) , , cast from thp same premises ; and protmeded to perry is roidence at Ne i vestock. Ile than told Porry's wife that she was wanted imme diately at frare-stieet, as her husband had met with a severe accident. The poor woman, greatly alarmed, accompanied him its the cart, taking with tier Irmo : . .9ntliniPg 2 9(. ! it ! F pipe . that it hal moretilaP o,fr ?!Frlyl!tg' its Made a pre t e nce -tor leaving her, and she sate him no more. It being about twelve o'clock i a run! !a l) 9l•lfFr 1 . 4 her 10 Ifare-street, where she dIF(4 - cytid thP 49YY 1V44 a fabrl9tloo, alld, op returning home,' the I,„Lqe was found stripped of nearly every article it • had contained. — Essex Iler9lff. SPOItTING LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, 114.ir LUCAS V. BOND. This wns an appeal irO; a decree of the Master of the Rolls. The case was opened on Saturd,:y. The question was whether a person who sold his reversion of the sum of one thousand pounds, secured in the Three p r Cents., and pay able at the death of a relative, was entitled, when the event took place, to receive all that the stack produced over the amount stated to be acid. Mr. TYNNEYappeared in support of the appal from the Master of the Ruiis, his Lordship having been of opinion that the seller must abide by the consequences of the sale. The Lotto CHANCELLOR, without heating the other side, was of opinion that the decree of the Master of the Rolls was right. The plaintiff must abide by his assignment of the in. terest he took under the will. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MA r 2. RENTLEY V. FLYNDELL. Mr. K. BRUCE moved for an injunction ex parte, to restrain the defendant, the publisher of a newspaper at Birmingham, from extracting into his journal the well-known papers of " Boz," called " Oliver Twist." The plaintiff did not object to fair extracts, but the system of wholesale extracting which the defendant adopted, and promised his readers to continue, was not to be endured. His HONOUR, granted the injunction. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,' 111.17 2. THE QUEEN V. ROBERTS. ' This was an information against the defendant in the nature of a gee warranto, for exercising the office of Mayor of the borough of Carnarvon, he not being lawfully elected thereto. The affidavits stated that in the first election of corporate officers under the Municipal Corporation Act there were but two out of the six aldermen duly elected. But that, with re spect to the other four, there was an equality of votes. The election for aldermen took place on the 28th of December— that of mayor on the Ist of January. The town councillors and the two aldermen, conceiving that it was imperative on them to proceed with the election of mayor, did accordingly elect Mr. Roberts to that office on the Ist of January. Tne other aldermen were afterwards elected. It was contended that the election of Mr. Roberts was void for this irregularity in the mode of proceeding, for that no election of mayor could be good which was made before all the aldermen had been elected. Mr. J. JERVIS showed cause against the rule. Mr, RICHARDS, in support of the rule, argued that the election was absolutely void, for that there was no council constituted under the Municipal Reform Act, and that the more recent statute passed in her Majesty's reign did not affect the question. The Coma. thought the defect in the election was cured by the recent statute, and therefere directed judgment to be en tered for the defendant. Mr. RICHARDS then applied, under the Ist Victoria for costs. Mr. Jxavis opposed the application. The COURT thought that, as by the ordinary rule of law the costs would follow the judgment, and as there had been no thing in this case to take it out of the ordinary rule, the Court could not interfere to give the relator his costs. BAIL COURT, MAY 2. ( Before Mr. Justice WlLLituts.) His LOLDSIIIP having disposed of several motions relative to points of practice, said that as the Term was so far ad vanced he would have the peremptory paper called over, and in every case where Counsel were not in attendance the same should be struck out. Mr. PArAtEs was at a loss to understand what was meant by the peremptory paper. His LORDSHIP wished the Gentlemen of the Bar to under stand that the peremptory paper would be taken to-morrow. and if they were not in attendance their respective cases would be struck out. This announcement on the part of his LORMIIIP brought in some of the Counsel from the other Courts, in consequence of which two or three cases were disposed of, but none of them were of the slightest public interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MAT 2. HUCKMAN V. PIRNIE._JLIDGMENT. This was an action upon a policy of insurance upon the life of Elizabeth Huckman, and was effected by her husband in the British Commercial Insurance Company. The cause was tried before Lord Chief Justice Tindal, at Bristol, and the verdict was for the plaintiff In the argument upon the rule nisi obtained by the defendant for a new trial two points were raised—firstly, whether the plaintiff had concealed facts with which he was acquainted, and the knowledge of which was material to the defendant on the policy effected ; and se condly, who was the usual medical attendant of the person in sured. The Court to-day gave judgment upon the case. With respect to the first point, the wife had been examined at the time of effecting the policy, and she must undoubtedly have known the facts which were concealed ; and Mr. Crow der, for the defendant, had argued that the knowledge of the wife ought to be considered the knowledge of the husband. If the wife had been entirely the agent of her husband this would certainly be the case ; but here she was only the agent in re spect of her being called to answer the particular questions which the defendant had to ask of her. The verdict could not b. disturbed on that ground. The next ground of ob jection was the answer to the question as to the name of the, usual medical attendant of the party whose life was to be in sured. The Lord Chief Justice had left it to the Jury whe ther Duck or Day was the usual medical attendant of Eliza beth iluckman when her life was insured; but he ought to have left another question, viz., whether Day could be called the usual medical attendant at all.—Rule for a new trial made absolute. GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT.—On Sunday last information was conveyed to the station house in Marylebone-lane, that in the course of the preceding night no fewer than fifteen knockers had been - wrenched off from the doors of the houses in Montagu-square and contiguous parts. The policemen whose duty it was to have watched the houses in this quarter en the night in question, have undergone a rigid examination before the Commissioners., the result of which is, that a serjeant and four constables are for the present suspended, and criers have been issued that in case any more of these outrages should be corm. mitted, the constables on the beat are to be brought immediately beforo the Commissioners, and dealt with accordingly. These wanton depre dations are supposed to have been committed by a party of persons call ing themselves gentleman, who have, it semis, completely escaped the vigilance of the police. On Thursday seven young gentlemen went out to sea in a pleasure-boat. The tide was out when they reached the bar, and there being a strong current in the Dee, and a good deal of a swell on the breakwater, they attempted to take the entrance at sold-channel. Unfortunately, however, the boat getting into one of the troughs, she was suddenly struck with a short wave, and at once upset. Four of the 3 oung men clung desperately to- the keel of the boat and were saved; but the other three, Messrs. Masson, G. Smith, and Gavin, perished Soon after the accident, one of the pilot-boats, in taking the harbour oil the north side, was hove upon the breakwater, where she holed, filled with water, and sunk. The crew saved themselves by getting on the rocks.—dberdeen Herald. The following are a few additional details of the Races Queen's Plate.—La M e p r i ssee ma d e t h e play, •Velure lying ,all his track to the commen cemen t o f t h e stra i ght course, w h ere sne took up the running, a n d can t ere d i n twenty-lengths a-head, almost , as many intervening betw e e n th e secon d and third. A wretc hed animal, called Battersea Lass, was beaten three quarters of a mile; 2,000 Guineas Stakes.—The betting on this Stake was very an ' t 7 mated both in the town and on the course; in the former it ay. , ; 3 " to 4 agst Bamboo, 7 to 2 ags t S a i nt f o i n (t), 4 to 1 asst Grey Momus, Bto 1 agst Inuendo, and Bto 1 agst Alemdar. At start ing the odds were 6 to 4 agst Bamboo, 5 to 2 agst Saintfoin, 4 to 1 agst Grey Momus, t o 1 agst Al em d ar, and 14 to 1 agst Inuendn• Grey 31omus took the lead at his best pace, followed by Saintfoin. with Alemdar and Scurry next, Bamboo and Inuendo lying 19 the rear. The Grey kept a length in advance to the bottom, where may be said to have made all his horses safe ; Bamboo made 29 effort at the ropes, but could not 0 - et up, and S a i n tf o i n f a iling in a similar attempt, the G rey , who had never varied his pace, vi °ll c i easily by a length. Bamb oo was b eaten a head by Saintfoin, Alemdar was an excellent four; li. Inuendo was fifth, and Scurry last. Value of the Stakes, deducting the winners, 1,650/., besnle 4 the bets, which were very heavy. 31/0 Soya. Stakes.—Edgar made strong running nearly th e whole of the four miles, Adrian lying second. At the Diik es Stand Edgar gave up, and the other two singled themselves out ; a fine race ensued, nor was it decided until they got into th e cords, where Adrian, who ran remarkably stout, was shaken off, and Mango won by two lengths, The alterations in the Derby betting arose so obviously from the 2,000 Guineas Stakes that comment would be superfluous. The following is a summary of the sayings and doings : ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, I'.l'. (TIIURSDAY)• 6 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Glenara. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's The Fairy Queen 4 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's two, Mecca and Romania—taken 4to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Wave—no backers 5 to 1 nest Lord Albemarle's Barcarolle THE DEREY. 4 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus—takers 7 to I agst Lord Jersey's Phwnix 9 to 1 ngst Mr. Bland's Young Rowton 12 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Nonplus colt—taken 14 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon--taken 33 to 2 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo 40 to 1 agst Mr. Worrall's Dormouse —taken 40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Amato 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards's Drum-major —taken 50 to 1 agst Gen. Grosvenor's Daedalus —takes THE OAKS. 14 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's The Fairy Queen—taken WEDNESDAY. Fifty Pounds for four yrs old and upwards ; four yrs, 7st. 51b ; fi'fir Mr. Sow yrs,erby's Sc Bst. I llb ; six yrs yrsd aged, 9 s t. 416 . B . C. 1-- amander, 4 \lan" Mr. Wilson's Quicksilver, 4 yrs .. ................................. Mr. Houlds wor th' s C ombat, 4 yrs . ........... •• Even on Scamander, and 5 to 1 on Quicksilver. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs . eac h , h. ft., for four years Nat old T. c bs. 3 Su Lord Stradb ro k e ' s Fif er, i st. 111 b 2 Lord Jersey' s P oc k e t H ercules, 7st. 1 llb ........................ 6t04 on Fif er . W on b y s i x lengths. n 31. Handicap Swe e p s t a k es o f 10 sovs. each for three years old. 8 Sbs. 1 Mr. Roge rs ' s f. b y L ongwa i st, d. u Soothsayer, 7st. 71b. •••Pa vt- Mr. Osbaldeston's f. by Brutandorf, out of Streamlet, 7st ...... Mr. Grevill e ' s Hild a, 7st. 51b 3 ............................... • The followi ng a l so started :--Mr. Wil son ' s f. by . Medora, Var' by Figaro, tist. 21b ; Lord Exeter's f. by Redgauntlet, out of na, 7st. 121 b ; Duke of Rutland's Tivoli, 7st. 51b ; and Lord TO ° tuck's c. by Taurus, out of Mysie, 7st. 21b. Betting-2 to I ag s t Hild a, 3 to 1 against Tivoli, 4to 1 aga inst Lord Exet er ' s fill y, and 4 to 1 against the winner. Won i, length. A match is made for Friday between Bamboo and Grey h - e 2, 000 to carry th e same we i g h ts, and run the same course as for t- Guinea Stakes on Tuesday, for 300 each, p.p. • LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER' The variation s ) have been grea t d ur i ng the past three day' ;_ l ot van regains hi s f r i en d s, and free offers made that Whaley Is file favourite before the end of the week. CHESTER TRADE CUP. 5 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Potentate —taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. Alostyn's Birdlime —offered 13 to 2 agst Mr. 'Price s Wentworth —offered 7 to 1 agst General Yates's Sylvan—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Whaley--offered take 11 to I agst Mr. Clarke's Magician—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Mersey —taken 15 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Parolles 15 to 1 agst Mr. Fairlie s Zohrab—.taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Barrow's Cathlrina—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. B. Collett's Conservative—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. T. Walters's King Cole—taken 25 to I agst Captain Lamb's Chit Chat—offered 33 to 1 agst Mr. SL Paul's Galewood 33 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Fusileer—taken Lord Derby's horse Parolles appears to be much in favour in Liverpool; nay, we know II to 1 was taken there yesterday. The Potentat e , C a l ewoo d , Abraham Newland, anti three 0 01 ' re, 0 passed fron t li ersa l M oor this morning to Chester. Sylvan wo leave on Monday. STAVERTON RACES, 310,VDA r. The Staverton Stakes of 5 sows. each, and 25 added, for horses of ib all denomi na ti ons; t h ree yrs, 7st ; four yrs, Bst ; five yrs, 85 t* six yrs, 9 s t ; an d age d , 9st. 21b ; half-bred horses allowed •, and mares and geldings 31b. Mile and a half heats. 1 Mr. Bri s t ow ' s b r . h . D r. . Slop, 5 yrs Hardy " 1 3 z Mr. Ballingo r ' s b r . g . C rusader, aged ......... Mr. Price's WI. Sland er ...... ....... ...... 2 3 ............. 4 Mr. E. Jones's b. g. Decider, 4 yrs A good r ace . Match, 20 sow s . each ; mile ad a half heats, with four 1ear, 19 ,, each heat . __ .Mr. Holeman's br. n g. Creeper, beat Mr. Wa lu Villager easily. A Silver Cup, weight for age, free for any horse, mile heats, was won easily in two heats b y M r. B r i stow ' s Dr. Slop ( H a rdy " beating Mr. Ballinger's br. g. Crusader, and one or two others. A Handicap S weepsta k es of 3 sovs. each, mile heats, was vim! in two heats, alter a capital race, by Mr. Bristow's Balloon, beat i° ' four others. The Dun!fries Courier, of Tuesday last, has the following paragraph totalling its local politics:—" It is rumoured in town that our county Member, J. J. Hope Johnstone, Esq., of Annan dale, is about to become a Peer, and that James Macalpine Leny, E.g., of Dalswinton, has consented, at a private meeting of Conservatives, held on Saturday morning last, to be named his successor. As the meeting was not an open one, our information may be vague or eve erroneous; hilt still it becomes a duty, under certain circumstances, to report even on dit. By some it was wished to start William Keith, now Lord Douglas; but as the majority favoured the pretensions of the Convener of the County, there was no outward division of interest, whatever there may have been as regards feeling. We have great re spect alike for the heart and the head of Mr. Leny; but as he has ceased to belong to our school of polities, we should like, above all things, to see the county 'opened up,' The Duke of Buccleuch possesses, no doubt, great influence ; but it is absurd to suppose him dictator in all things, and could Mr. Murray of Henderland, or Sir Alexander' Johnstone, or Mr. Murray of Broughton, be persuaded to take the Held, his Grace, we rather think, might be run as hard as the buck caught in he clench at Harden, from which his ancestors florivel their name." THEATRE ROYAL EDINBURGH.—Mr. Kean took his benefit and terminated his engagement on Saturday evening, when such was the demand for places, that the orchestra had to be dispossessed of its usual occupants and converted into box places. The house overflowed in every part with an enthusiastic anti yet slit. cerning audience, altogether forming a meet conclusien to the splendid success which has throughout attended Mr. Dean's present engagement, Hamlet was the character selected for this occasion, and notwithstanding the frequency with which Mr. Kean has performed this part before an Edinburgh audience, it continues, if we may judge from the intense interest it excited on this representation, to be ns attractive as ever, When Mr. Kean appeared on the scene, he was hailed with long and enthusiastic cheering, accompanied with waving of hats and handker chiefs, the audience at the same time rising to receive him. At the conclusion of the tragedy he was loudly called for, when -lie at last came forward, and, after the applause had subtitled, said " Ladies and Gentlemen—lt is a sincere gratification to me to have an opportunity of expressing my heartfelt acknowledgment - a for your con tinued favour. When I look back to the frtsatreney of my visits, and the very limited number of characters in which Lhave appeared in this city, I own—though I feared no diminution of your kindness--4 could not venture to anticipate the brilliant success which on this may fourth annual engagement has crowned my humble efforts,_ (great cheering.) Be assured, ladies and gentlemen, that, deeply as I must ever be indented to the kind reception which I have met from a London atidieneo, it can never in any degree weaken the affection and gratitude i feel towards you, my earliest and warmest patrons." Mr, Kean withdrew, amidst rapturous plaudits from all parts of the hue,,e.,__Caledonian 411 ere str4rj, Yesterday, a young wo man named Kitty Jonw; was brought up at the New Bailey, on a charge of stealing a • tive-shilling paper of copper, from the house of a w oman named Penny, who lives i ts who stated, that a neighbour irt, l e .o h l o nl u o s n e - a r t oa t t Inn slawntyu prisoner take the money.— The girl, who is the child of a shoemak er, was then e,ellC4, and she stated tnn was P- st r i e n e that she was in her twelfth year in answer le etiestions from Mr. Maude, she sad she could not read ; s h e never said her prayers, and did 11(4 know what they were (qv; she never went to chapel ; she did :oil know w h et h er her p o onts were Catholics o: not, nor d'el she know where people went to when they died.—Manclieseee Quordian. HAND-LOOM WEAVEr ts ' Muggridge, tta@ Aealstant Commissioner appointed to incur iutu the con anon of the hand loom weavers, finished hie eeientination of wit nesses at Bolton on Monday last, Thist„.,. W glosses have been eee_ mined, chiefly operatives ;', ll ‘t /Int (*them attribute their present dis, tress to the operatima of the Corn Laws.— Manchester Guardian{, On Thursday last, as the Hiffhland was pro ceeding from Perth to Inverness, the 'Pete' Smith, who is said to have been subject to flts eittlepiry, was, when a little on this t,h aof Dalwhitir ; ),l, ieieett with a sudden illness, and,.slid; i pg . crin fkoVa his eeat powerless, his body rested on the front erfaeh, while his head came in contact with the wheal, - tiaitt iraapod forward and seized the reins, I)qt theWl4.irtunstie A %Jiver was so much injured that he rereetineil its a State of insensibility till his death, which took plaeo akin - illy afterwards at Dalwhinnie Inn. The remains of VA,s.leceisseii have since been interred in the churchyard at, T,;igite9's isdniher they were attended by a respeetAble aii,l , e,iv,,ve y es;party. Smith was a native of Forfarsbire, ayd -ass, en e,;;caunt character as an active and steady 4r , ilff.----wasgow Courier. • The Rev. Joh n Bridges Oaley, late Fellqw of Quiet • • -; • YotY NG, of College, Oxford, has been instituted to the livings of Fa,.ibars ug', War, EVIIIJOn; Printed and I nb113.1 o 17. Strand. in the 0 07 wickshirF,atO Rad6toi le,tiortliauriiionshiie, oaaeciesen,tatir f j 119., Strand at The Sun quiet, . t i oiboch;' roc t i the vati!;l, • " • of Middlesex,--Dtursday, May 3, 1838._ TUESDAY irs• The Pheasa n t H ur dl e Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 5- , c l added for hu n t ers , ll st. 71b. each, thoroughbred horses allow''' 71b. extra, mil e an d a h a l f heats, with four leaps o ver hurdles {our feet high in each heat, the winner to be sold for 50 soy's, „ i/4 ./ Mr. 5. e,..: -were won in three heats by Mr. Hol eman ' s b r. g. C reepe r (i ) Barker), beating Mr. Powell's ch. g. The General Sprtsman; Humphries h., and Captain Bisdee's Inez, by o lednn t length. eC' TESTIMONIALS to the merits of the Patent Si', . caries of Mr. E. S o l omons, 36, Old Bond-stieet, from sir Anthony lisle, F.ILS., President of the College of Surgeons, and Robert l‘ e- F, r , Esq„ Sergeant Surgeon to her Majesty :—" ifwving examined 'l r ." l , e ly Solomon's Amber Lenses for Optical purroses, they seem to in el . l ho ir to afford additional aids to imperfect vision; and because ° t. o superior refracting p ower, t o glass or other dense•materials, 010' 1 ' r 0 Tula° to afford new resources for the construction of Spectac le ' . , ANTHONY CAItLISLE, F.R.S., &c., Lanham-place. " I h ate : . % 0 amined and have tried the Amber Lenses, and they appear to to modifyand soften the glare o f li ght, as to give greater comfort au roref to the eyes than th e spectac l es in common use." ROBT. REA 1 Esq , 15, Albemarle-street. THE ALMANAC HUMBUG.—;Murphy, the ant ll ° / : of the " Weather Almanac," has published in Paris an edition of lit work, which diftbrai from that which ha composed for Great B rit3 :bc The editor of the Moniteur Parisien felicitates his countrymen 00 i f promise of a beautiful May held out v b Mr. Murphy, and wh ict o f eliettrroct, will realize all that all that the poets have sung or iinar,l n of that char m i ng month, From Frieliy next, until Sunday, the 13ti, 4 0 May, Fr ance i s to enjoy (according to Murphy) an uninterrupted of fill 3 days, ;1 0 At the el ect i on of parish officers at Brighton , 0 0 Friday, the c h a i rman asked if any person had a complaint- agAiloiKt, Sexton ; upon w hi c h t h at respectable functionary grairely exc l '!,,blo o " No m an li v i ng can have any complaint against me '."-1/1.4 Gourd an. PRIZE CU P S.—New and Secnid-ad S . I 1 ;ng PRIZE CUPS are offered at very R e d uced Prices, and ritlec t.° t may be made from a great variety, both of Sizes and Patterlill. I'. COX SAVO RY ' S, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Crilt. of London (S even D oors from Gracechurch-street). A Sue- ill Drawings of C ups w ill b e forwarded b 5 poet, as a single letter' answer to a post-paid application. (W . It is desirable Letters for Drawings should mention i th e e i r . the Size or a b out t h e P r i ce of the Cup or Cups that may b e requir--,.' BIRTHS. Sir j. On the 29th ult., a t Sherfield H ouse , H ants, tho l a d y o f N. R. Campbell, of a son. On the 30th u lt., at Canonburjr, Mrs. R o b er t A r nold a‘v jot)" Wright, of a daughter. • On the 28th ult,, at Middlet on S t. G eorge, the w if e o f rourY Pease, of a son. 41,1 It I? I On the Ist inst., a t All. Soul' Church, Marylehone ,f l o nc o i r s Scawen Blunt, E a Esq., of C ra l : L ett, Sussex, to Mary,' only d of O th n e t l i a l t e e 3 R ot e h 1 y.. 1.1 T t 0 . h , u Elector of Witley, SurreY. Bow man, R. 1., of Canni a n t g:t . re l e l' t id to 's Elz u a rch A ' n L n i Z e e r l l :l7s li t , 4 .l N u fn ibt 4t °r W. Hamilt on, Ei, of Antwerp. DIED. t• (1 ;1 the 26th ult., aged 17, H e l en , e ld es t d aug ht e r of W. A ulsl t;sqs, a Calcutta. On the 28th ult., John Rpbbins, Esq., of Battwamsly, Lyraing ton, Hants. On the 30th u l 4l, akol Henry Lewis, eldest son of Mr. L. Engelbaeh, Mil;ngton-place, Vauxhall. art use. 30th ult., at S e lly Hall, .Wareestershire, aged 7 2 , -'- etht•Haslop e , Esq. On the 30th ult., at Herne liwc, Kent, aged 23, Cornelius M.D., youngest son of Mr. John Squire, of Rodney street, I • CIO tie 3.oth ult., aged Gs, Jonathan Henry Key, riaivptead, ----- NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. Tuesday Night. Notwithstanding the rain was very heavy in the night, and never ceased till a few minutes before the commencement of the race s, visitors flocked in from all quarters, and the town was as full by twelve o'clock as its inhabitants could have desired. The asse.m • binge on the heath was i mmense , t h e proport i on o f h orse men being so great that the foot people were in constant danger of heir/ ridden over ; f or t una t e l y no acc id ent occurred. Th e ra i n kept 0 , 1 1 till just as the ho rse s s t ar t e d f or t h e l ast race, w h en i t came clo'l so fast that the spectators flew in all di rec ti ons ; i n a f e w minute... , however, it cleared up, and the remainder of the day the weathef was delightfully bright and seasonable. Amongst a host of fashion. ables we observed the Dukes of Portland, Rutland, and Beaufort I Lords Exeter, Stradbroke, Jersey, Lichfield (and Countess), Che B ; terfield, Suffield, Uxbridge, Villiers, G. Bentitick, C. Manners, J• Fitzroy, Godolphin, S. Osborn, A. Fitzclarence, W. Paulett, Sm.; Honourables General Grosvenor, G. Anson (and Lady), G. 13 :ing' Wortley, T. Rous, F. Berkeley, W. Fitzroy ; Sirs J. Shelley, Graham (and Lady), and W. Ponsonby ; Colonel and Lady Alice Peel; Messrs. C. Wilson (and Lady), C. Greville, Sowerby, M. Campbell, Irby, Worrall, Payne, Watklington, Batson, Sheridan, Hawker, Th orn hill, Portman,- Gardnor, Glegg, Crommelin, Higgins, H a y woo d, H unter, N ormandie, Dthphin, S• Stanley, Norton, D. Radcliffe, Ettwall Rob er t s , Townley, Wrigh t, Sr c. &e.Errington,